Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull

In the organizer's words:

Felix Krull sees the world as a stage and wants to enjoy life to the full. He grew up in a small town in the Rheingau. His father was an unsuccessful sparkling wine producer who bankrupted the family and took his own life. Felix - the lucky one - goes out into the wide world to escape poverty. Through his godfather Schimmelpreester, he finds a job in a luxury hotel in Paris. There he is very good at saying what people want to hear. He is what he seems. He is authentic by being deceptive and an expert at marketing himself. A projection figure for all desires.

Felix Krull tells his story as a retrospective of his life, blurring the boundaries between dream and reality. Thomas Mann began his impostor novel at the age of 35, but it was not until he was 75 that he continued working on it.